Abstract Deadlines

Student Travel Grant Deadline

Applications for Student Travel Grants can be found at the following link:
here
The deadline for applications is September 13, 2019.

Selected Topics

Astrophysics

Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics

Biophysics

Condensed Matter Physics

General Physics

Materials Science

Nuclear Physics

Particle Physics

Physics Education

Plasma Physics

Polymer Physics

Quantum Information

Speakers

Banquet Speaker

Rana Adhikari - Caltech

Banquet speech: LIGO + Quantum Metrology = Black Hole Cosmography

Rana Adhikari is an experimental physicist based at the California Institute of Technology. He has been working on the LIGO interferometers for ~20 years and is a walking encyclopedia of noise. In recent years his group has focused on applying the quantum metrology for the measurement of gravitational waves and the use of supervised neural networks for the control and filtering of the instrument noise with an eye towards the mysteries of the black hole horizon and the anelastic properties of spacetime.

Plenary Speakers

Richard Lebed - Arizona State University

Cynthia Keppel - Jefferson Lab

Steven Schwartz - University of Arizona

David Giltner - Turning Science

Shanti Deemyad - University of Utah

Richard Van De Water - Los Alamos National Laboratory

Program Committee:

Barry Ritchie (Chair) - Arizona State University

Heinz Nakotte - New Mexico State University

Jean-Francois Van Huele - Brigham Young University

John Harton - Colorado State University

Ben Ferguson - Raytheon

Local Organizing Committee:

Darrel Smith (Chair) - Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

Barry Ritchie (Co-Chair) - Arizona State University

Brennan Hughey - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Preston Jones - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Edward Poon - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Nour Ibrahim - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Harry Lustig Award

Information and deadlines for the Harry Lustig Award and be found at the APS website here.

The three finalists for the 2019 Lustig Award are:

Gavin Hester - Colorado State University

Nolan Mathews - University of Utah

Jason Nobles - University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Complementary Skills Workshop for Women and Gender Minorities

This workshop is designed to help women and gender minorities acquire skills in:

Professional Communication and Negotiation

Networking

Communicating Your Science to All levels and Backgrounds

This workshop will be held on Saturday, October 12, 2019, from 5:00 — 8:00 pm following the APS Four Corners Meeting. The leaders are:

Nicole Lloyd-Ronning - LANL

Patricia Rankin - CU-Boulder

Pearl Sandick - University of Utah

The registration form for this workshop can be found at the following URL.

About the Four Corners Section

The Four Corners Section, established in 1997, has a strong commitment to support the work of physics students and to give them opportunities to present their research and to meet physicists in our region. To that end, we offer small, regional meetings of limited expense and activities that can reach more APS members and potential members, including students and industry physicists.

Geographically the Four Corners Section includes the states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. Four Corners is the point of orthogonal intersection of the borders of these four states, the only point common to four states in the United States.

Section meetings will unite participants from colleges, universities, industry, and government laboratories. In addition, the section will contribute to greater awareness of regional activities in physics through its website and provide programs for public outreach.